1 - John Trumbull was born in Lebanon Connecticut in 1756.
3 - He graduated from Harvard in 1773. His father started an agricultural business in Lebanon.
4 - In 1775 he joined the Connecticut First Regiment. He soon left for London and became the President of the Royal Academy. In 1805 he became President of the New York Academy of Fine Arts. In 1831 he sold his own extensive collection to Yale University.
5 - He soon became noticed for his expertise in drawing, which led him to draw maps of enemy territories during that time. He was also a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. What was also cool about him was that he drea the picture on the back of the two dollar bill of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
8 - A descendant of his was John Trumbull an American poet.
9 - John Trumbull died in New york in 1843 at the age of 88. He was buried underneath the Art Gallery of the Yale University that he designed.
Governor John Trumbull
1 - John Trumbull was born in Lebanon Connecticut in 1756.
3 - He graduated from Harvard in 1773. His father started an agricultural business in Lebanon.
4 - In 1775 he joined the Connecticut First Regiment. He soon left for London and became the President of the Royal Academy. In 1805 he became President of the New York Academy of Fine Arts. In 1831 he sold his own extensive collection to Yale University.
5 - He soon became noticed for his expertise in drawing, which led him to draw maps of enemy territories during that time. He was also a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. What was also cool about him was that he drea the picture on the back of the two dollar bill of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
8 - A descendant of his was John Trumbull an American poet.
9 - John Trumbull died in New york in 1843 at the age of 88. He was buried underneath the Art Gallery of the Yale University that he designed.
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